Moving back to .NET

[Bruno Medeiros via Digitalmars-d]

On 23/09/2015 22:02, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
>> IDE is not just a nice interface to write code. It's a way to organize
>> files, AST based file browsing, github integration, and - the most
>> important aspect for me - is the *integrated debugging support*. I'll
>> never use dmd from command line and the lack of IDE support would be
>> definitely a stopper for me.
>
> While it is easy to agree with you, I don't think a lack of IDE or even
> libraries is something one should expect to be addressed by the language
> developer. Those are issues one can find solutions to if D is suitable
> and different people have different taste. Go and Rust have been in the
> same boat. This is not a show stopper...

Dunno if "expect" is the right word, but a language team that puts IDE 
support as part of its development effort, will have a big competitive 
advantage.

D is not on the same boat as Rust here. The Rust team is investing much 
more in toolchain support (beyond the compiler and basic tools). For 
example, they contracted an external developer to help them with 
debugger issues 
(https://michaelwoerister.github.io/2014/02/28/mozilla-contract.html). 
And more than that, they are also now effecting plans to improve their 
tools (or create new ones) to support IDE functionality ( 
https://github.com/nrc/rfcs/blob/2410d2ce1682813ea79debbf13a99868e6a6bd8a/text/0000-ide.md 
)


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Bruno Medeiros
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